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November 23, 2018, 6:35 AM

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Takashi Mochizuki / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Apple is offering subsidies to network operators in Japan to shore up sales of iPhone XR, after an underwhelming launch of its least expensive phone  —  Japanese carriers will use subsidies from Apple to discount the cheapest new iPhone, after an underwhelming launch
Shep McAllister / Kinja Deals:
Best 2018 Black Friday deals on smart home devices, fitness trackers, TVs, audio, storage, computers, cameras, and mobile devices  —  Looking for the rest of our Black Friday coverage?  You can visit our Black Friday hub, or jump straight to one of the posts below:  —  More Black Friday Deals
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: US asks allies to avoid Huawei telecommunications equipment, considers financial aid for telecom growth in nations that shun Chinese-made equipment  —  U.S. worried about potential Chinese meddling in 5G networks, but foreign carriers may balk  —  The U.S. government has initiated …
Natalia Drozdiak / Bloomberg:
Google says it will require advertisers to submit documents and receive verification before being able to pay for political ads in the EU, starting in January  —  - Like Facebook, Google to publish info about EU political ads  — Changes come ahead of European Union elections in May 2019
Seth Fiegerman / CNN:
In an interview, Mark Zuckerberg says he will stay on as Facebook's chairman, defends COO Sheryl Sandberg, reiterates Facebook's potential as a force for good  —  New York (CNN Business)After spending much of this year apologizing for Facebook's many missteps, CEO Mark Zuckerberg was defiant …
Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
LinkedIn quietly introduces a new privacy setting that defaults to blocking a user's connections from exporting the user's personal email address  —  A win for privacy on LinkedIn could be a big loss for businesses, recruiters, and anyone else expecting to be able to export the email addresses of their connections.
Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat:
Google Duplex, accessed via Assistant, is now rolling out to a small group of US Pixel owners in “select cities” to book restaurant reservations  —  Google Duplex-powered calls have finally arrived.  Sort of.  For some people.  —  A spokesperson confirmed to VentureBeat that Duplex …
Jack Nicas / New York Times:
How Definers brought DC-style political trickery to tech: sources say working for Qualcomm, they promoted Tim Cook as a potential 2020 presidential candidate  —  SAN FRANCISCO — When Tim Miller, a longtime Republican political operative, moved to the Bay Area last year to set up a public relations shop …
Ron Amadeo / Ars Technica:
Google adds indoor positioning to Find My Device for Android 9 Pie phones  —  Get your lost phone's pinpoint location, provided Google has the right map data.  —  If you've ever lost your Android phone, it's usually a help to use Google's “Find My Device” service to see the phone's last known position on a map.

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